The serene hills of Ijebuland, cradling a Yoruba kingdom forged in trade and defiance, now host a keen contest between timeless tradition and the long arm of state authority. Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale whose 65-year reign from 1960 ended with his passing on July 13, 2025, at age 91, left an indelible mark: […]
Motolani Oseni Awujale of Ijebu land, Alayeluwa, His Royal Highness, Oba Sikiru Adetona has commended Julius Berger Nigeria Plc for its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, even as he adds that the company’s quality projects have continued to endear it to Nigerians across the country.3 The traditional ruler’s commendation came just as Julius Berger donated […]
The Board of Trustees of the Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, (CFR), Professorial Chair in Governance of the Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State has announced that the second annual lecture will hold on May 10, 2018 at Ijebu Ode. The lecture is part of activities to commemorate the birthday of the […]
Early life Chief Olusegun Osoba, the Akinrogun of Egbaland and Aremo Awujale of was born to Pa and Madam Jonathan Babatunde Osoba. Education Chief Olusegun Osoba attended a series of professional courses after high school graduation from Methodist Boys High School Lagos. He obtained a diploma in journalism at the University of Lagos and went […]
The book is nearly seven years in print but I didn’t get a hold of it until sometime last year. I have since read the autobiography – Awujale – twice and was not disappointed. Anyone who has read Awujale might agree that it was a bomb waiting to explode. The surprise is why it took […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday took his campaign to the hometown of the vice-presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof Yemi Osinbajo in Ijebuland where he promised to execute programmes that will transform the area. The same day, the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, lamented the decay in the educational sector and promised […]